This conference is sponsored by the World Psychiatric Association (WPA) in close collaboration with WONCA and the Spanish Neuropsychiatric Association (AEN), and amongst others, with the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO/WHO), the World Association of Social Psychiatry, the Latin American Psychiatric Association (APAL) and the Maristan Network.

SOCIDROGALCOHOL is organizing the first Thematic Conference on Addiction Psychiatry in collaboration with the World Psychiatric Association (WPA). The event coincides with the XXXIX National Conference to be held from 28 to 31 March 2012 in the city of Tarragona, Spain.

Dear Colleagues,I am happy to invite you to attend the WPA Thematic Conference to be held in Istanbul, Turkey, from 9 to 12 June 2011, dealing with quality assurance in psychiatric education, research, prevention, diagnosis and treatment.